The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-28 00:00:00

ATONEY NARKET AND COMIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE o'CLoCK. There is no new feature of importance in the general discount market, the demand being steadily sustained at firm quotations. A few bills have been negotiated per cent. under the Bank minimum, but full rates are in most instances required. The bullion operations at the Bank yesterday comprised an influx of £90,000 in bar gold, and the Withdrawal of 30,000 sovereigns. The City of Washington has arrived from New York with £97,825. In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon there was no material alteration. The failure has been announced of Messrs. Turck, Lr elea', and Co., East India merchants, with lia bilities amounting to £120,000, of which, however, it is stated that not more than £25,000 will rank troa the estate. T he Suspension has also been announced of Messrs Uagues and Co., Spanish commission merchants, but their liabilities are said to be small. A vacancy having occurred in the board of the South Eastern Banking Company, Mr George Young, of th e fi rm of Messrs Begbie, Young, ano zegbies, of Mark-lane, and one of the directors of the City Bank, has been elected to the seat. At the meeting of the Scinde Railway Company (including the Punjaub Riilways and the Indus Steam Flotilla), to-day, the report was adopted. For the Scinde undertaking the revenue account, Which is for the half-year ending Dec. 31 last, shows, after deducting the working expenses and cost of Maintenance, a net return of £3,198 13s 3d., as the tarn available to Government in reduction of inte• rest advanced. The opening of the Punjaub line is expected to take place in a few Months. In the account of the Indus Steam Flotilla it appears :that the sum available for the formation of an insurance and depreciation fund, and for the partial liquidation of interest ad vanced by Government, amounted in the first half of 1864 to nearly double that of the corresponding period of the previous year. A considerable increase ia stated to have ts.ken place in the traffic, both on the Lahore and Umritsur, and the Mooltan and Sher Shah sections of the Punjaub Railway. Government sanction has been received, and a con tract accepted by Messrs_ Brassey, Wythes, and lienfrey, for the construction of the entire line f rom Umritsur to Ghazeeabad, opposite Delhi, for £ 14 ,630 per mile, including provision of rolling Stock, stations, and other necessary equipments. Two o'CLocx. C ompared with the latest prices yesterday after noon Consols are k lower, being 871 for trans& r, ' 1 , 141 8 81 for th e account. The failures referred to !°?ve have created an unfavourable feeling in specu lative circles, and sales have accordingly been Pressed, though not on an extensive scale. A fall has tak en p l ace i n the Confederate Loan, which is now 70 72, upon the advices just received. Spanish Passive have improved to 311; and do. Cer tificate are 13 1 I. The other principal Foreign s ecurities are rather flatter. Mexican are 261 27! ; do. New, 251 ; Greek, 23 1; Turkish 6 per Cents., . 1 , 862 , are 69 9 70 ; do.Consolides, soa e ; Confederate 43 ah, 70 72. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been on a very limited scale, and prices have again s hown a downward movement. Larcashire and Yorkshire have receded 10s., North Western and Alidland each £l, Great Western, 155., and Great Eastern, North Eastern, Berwick, and South E astern, each ss. .In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there IS little change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous shares are fiat, and in best instances realise rather lower prices. Alliance have declined to 443, London Joint Stock to 43, 44, and International Financial to 61 7. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. sIOPERNM ENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Oct. 11 3 per Cent. Reduced 853 6 53 New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891 Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1373 .. Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.. Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885... D o (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908... 194 Ind listht east GOVERNMENT. SECURITIES. ia Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874. • • • 209 Do Account — Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 — Do Certificates DoAccount — 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — D o 41 pet Cent. — Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. D o 5 per Cont., Jan. 1872 .. 100 Do 61 per Cent., May, 1879 •• Do 4 p er Cent., Aug. 1566 Do Bonds £l,OOO Do under £l,OOO .... A F OREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ustrian Bonds, ;5 per Cent — Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 4 3 / 4 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 aattcloos Ayres 6 pen Cent Do Account.... Chilian 6 per Cent. ... Do 41 per Cent colorabian 6 per Cent Cuba, -6 per Cent. .. -- Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Danish 3 per Cent. 1825 - .„ Do 5 p er Cent, ' 1864 zquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do, Provisonal Land warrant.. — Egyptian 7 per .Cent 97 bj Do, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 23 Do Account Do Coupons 9l Do Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do 1839 and 1859 Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per C ent .... Do Account Doa 1864 2sh Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — Do 6 per C ent . A ng l o -F renc h — dis Ditto Scrip, £23 paid .. — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada . . Do 2 per Cent. — Do Deferred ..... ... Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., A pr il 1864 — Do do Aug., 1866 — P eruvian 41 per C en t .. 96 Do 3 per Cent, (Uribarren) 72 Do 41 per eent., 1862 .. Do Account Portugue se 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account — Do '3 per Cent ., 1856 ) '7, '9, '60,_62,'3 46A 3 Do Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do Do 41 per Cent., 1850 .. 1860 — Do 3 per Cent 1859 Do S per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch .... — Do Scrip, £55 paid Pin Sardinian 5 per Cent — Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do Now D e f erre d ............ 1)o Account ........ Do Passive 3 Do Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account Swedish, 4 per Cent Do Scrip, £6O paid .— pa Turkish 6 per Cent. 1851 -- Do Account Do 6 per C en t. 1558 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 p er C ent . 18 62 Do Account •• -- 1 Do £lOO Bond s .. 69 703 Do 1863 ~ Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent..... Do 1863 S crip, £4O paid Venezuela 3 per Cent. -De Accou nt Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account.... • FO 6 p er C ent., 1864 443 Dividends on th e a b ove payable in London Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex, 10 Florins Delgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f......,, patch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull —Do 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 2 per Cent ........ It 'Ran, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. Do Account 663 i Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. Pi edruontese, 5 per Cont., Ex. 25f — THREE 0' CLOCR. Coneols Money Do Account LiverpoOl Cotton Market—This Days The firm feeling reporttd yesterday continues, ana the transactions will probably foot up to 5,000 or 6 ,000 bules. SHARE MARKETS —This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCILS. Share: Railways. 1 3, 0. 1 Closing Business Price. I done. Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bristol Ln 4 Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon '3ornwall (A gets no div Do A till 6p c.p an.h as Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. Edinburgh &. Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. ) Great Eastern, Ord. stk l Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian et' GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an.l W. of Trelnni Great Westerr,Original Do Str Val elia. stoexl Do. South Wales .... ,Do. West Mid. --Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford Lanoashlte & Yorkshire London and Blaokwall, Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover, Lon. & North Western! Lon. & So%th Western' Man., Shef., Sr Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle Dot shares Metropolitan Midland Do Birming. & Derbyl Gt. W. of Ireland] Do. 4 shares Slid Kent .... North British 1 1Cdin., Perth, & Dundee' Nth. Eastern—Berwtok Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do . Do. Stook. dr Darling. Do do 1855-58.... Do do 1850.81.... North London DoNew Do Nei-, 18(4. North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central .. Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Soot. Mid. stook I Shrews, and Welohpool 'Shropshire Union ... I 'South (South Eastern l btaines,Wok.,andWok l'faff Vale- . Do C Vale of Ncath Waterford & West Cornwall W. Ilartlcpoolilar,4R i 82 (4 123 121 6 7 31 33 16 17 86 E 8 105 101 44 4i 1 6 127 1351 1361 127 130 90 92 67 6;i 45 47 37 39 9) 101 111 112} 61 65 102 103 33 40 1t 8i 109 91 03 61i 62i 104 105 127 127 i 90 98 52 64 24 '5 1041 1051 153 i 64} 9.i 03i E 5 38 9 10 b 7 8 0 120 125 1 lip 75 76 10i 11 130 135 64 66 84 16 81j Mt 8 9 1(0 165 36 46 p 97 99 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Paid. Closing Price. Hallways Ltlantio & St Lawrene , tom.,Baroda&.Cent In Go. 5 per pent— Do. E. 3ullalo and Laftellurof Do. Preference • • tufralo,Brant,&Codriel p. at. bds. Aug. 1,187 do. 'July 1, 187 )o. do. June 1, 18; :leutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin ;apeTown & Dock Sari Demerara 7 p.o. per. pf A;astn. Bengal gu. Itiallt Indian. en. 5 p. c Do. do. J Ext ;rand Trunk of Canto , Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent Do. Ist rret. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred.... Do. 3d Pref. stock .:: Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deferred "It.lndia Pent n. gua.sp.c Do. ue. 5 per cent Do. N ew gua. 5 p. 0.. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per ocnt. Do. 4t per cent Do It. W. of Canada Share, Do. New ... • • Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt Jo. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.. •. [ndian Branch Limited Ifadras, guar., 5 p. o. Do. 4! p. c. Extension De. 44 Do. Fifth Extension . Yielb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnd, & liobson's Bay. lewßruuswiell s Cand, Class A. and I.Rl.C'da6 po lat pt bdt Soinde Do. Delhi 10. do Do. Punjaub :7 1 Fi g " I Jo. Indue..St. F 10) bLw 50 58 934 ICO, 4 dis pr 41 54 74 84 91 100 92 94 100 101 100 /01 19 19i 90 93 71 73 CO 42 66 68 55 57 53 60 46 48 28 30 27 29 ICO 101 Id pr id ir 99 100 9i 10 11 10i 89 91 82 81 i d ) r 99 100 92 94 88 90 8 CO all 100 (100 1 100 ( 2 XlO 000 3 6 80 83 99 ICO 98 iCO id par 08 100 05 97 99 83/4 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872.... 100 Do. do. 1883.... 100 ;ati.tiov.6p.c.Ja. &J 1877-81 100 92 94 Do. p. c. Feb.& Aul 100 92 91 D 0.6 p. o.Mar.& Sept' 100 9: 91 Do. Ep. c. Jan.&July. 10i 81 83 Do. 5 Inscribed stocl 100 80 83 'ape G.Hope, 6 p 6,187: 100 (04 100 Do.Ap .k Oct. 188 , 100 07 109 Do. 189 , 100 ICB 110 )0. Jan. & July. 1891.. 100 107 10J 7- ;eylon, N0v.1F69, 6p i 190 WI 105 Do. 1878, do. 100 1 , 9 112 Jauritius 6 p.cent.lB73 00 101 104 Do. 1878 100 103 106 Do. 1882 100 03 105 natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 t5O 11 . 5 4.8.G0v.6p.0.Ja.&Ju1) 100 94 97 4.5.W.(30v. 5 p 1,186, 100 97 99 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 187 i 100 95 97 Do. d0.,1888 &upwcli 100 94 96 051 lew Zealand 6 p cent 100 9J 102 ova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling', 1875. lOO 97 100 Zueensland Gcv. 6p. a 100 10) 102 AUS COV. 6 p.c.1£68- 100 Da. 178 &ui ward i.. 100 105 107 43. G ov. 6 p.c. J a.&Jul) 100 - Do. 10 6 p.a. An.&001.. 100 • .08 109 1081 BRITISH MINES. 2 !arnbrian Consol. Gold 1 1 ' Chiverton ..... . 3 64 7 Joitord Amalgamated.. 30 82 )evcn G. Cone. (Tavist. 1 680 600 Drakewal's ..... 2.1.0. 1 East Bassett (Illogau).. 80 64 69 67 k:ast Caradon ...... 014. i 288 278 .;ast Cam 8rea......., 3.4.0 7 7 0 East Grenville ... ..... 2.7.0. 71 71 East Lovell 14"Ittuesel (Tavistk. 8.13., 41 1 5 iam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen GO 7 9 4 Great Laxey, all 15 15 treat South 'reigns._ 17e 2 21 Wheal Vor (1103 ton 40 31 3' lr enville 7 8 61 7* lerc.d's-Foot . 0.13 88 40 dingston Downs..... 4.18. , 444 , largaret (Uny Lelant 1/ 7 9 ,larice Valley.. ....... 1.3 u 44 lyndv Iron Ore (Lim. 21 1 t 6 angiles ........ 19 26 18 \ew beton 214 75 85 -• qo r th D0wn........, 3 1 4 North Roskear.. vv Base.et(l 3.1,.6 11 21 .rorth Wheal Crofty . 2.8 0 84 4 Prosper United.... Tovidence( tiny Lelut lO 6.7 37 39 .outliCaradon(Stelcer 11 20 540 '. Wheal Fran. (Mogan 1 8.18.$ 424 471 :tray Park Cro ft a lB 19 i est Basset (Illogan).. 11 8 9 • .V Cr radon (Liskeard 3 1) 11 West Chiverton Nest Seton vhcv.l Basset (Illogan, 5* 92 95 Wheal Buller(Redruth; 10 17 19 WhealLudcott Vheal Mary Ann (Lien. 8 14 16 Wheal Seton . 581 205 215 Wheal Trelawney (Lis., 7 19 21 Wheal Union 4 1 18 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 4i per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 1011 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred., 85 LINES LEASED AT:FIXED RENTALS. S. York. and River Dun, E2l 2 FOREIGN MDTES I Mont. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. Co., United Mexican lira), 6 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 68 BANKS. Albion, 4 Alliance (Ura.), 44 5 41 6 3 Ditto, new, 421 Anglo Austrian, fit Australasia, 70 1 Bank of Egypt, 261 Brazilian and Portuguese, Urn., 12 British North American, 41S Consolidated Bank, lira., 91 10 East London, lira., 51 European Bank, lira., Hindustan, China, and Japan (lira.), 2 1 7 Ditto, new, .5 Imperial Bank (Urn.). 83 Imperial Ottoman, 161 London Bank of Scotland, Urn.. 9 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plato, Ditto, new, 7 London Joint Stock,l44 3 London and South African, 231 London and South-Western, 201 London and 11 estminster, 95 Merchant Bank, Bin , 221 31 Mercantile and Exchange. Urn., 111 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira., 191 18 19 Oriental Bank Corporation. 571 6 Hcinde, I'uujaub, and Delhi, lira., 101 11 Union of Australia, 52 lb Union of London, 50 MISCELLANEOUS. Discount Corporation, 16. Egyptian Com. and Trading, Bra., 21 E Financial Corporation„ Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira., 6 1 6 Hudson's Bay, 151 5 1 Dumber Iron Wo:ks, ; t.;red4t eli A et s y so , . fina lirn ., . 7 , 64 7 Imperial M ercantile Financial ilc International Land Credit, lira., 51 Joint Stock Discount, ff 3 9 Laud Securities, 1 m., 4 London Financial Association,_lira., 2 I Ditto, new, 151 ; London General Omnibus Company, 21 Mrdras Irrigation and Canal,.. — Ditto, new, 19 18; Milwall Iron Works,l4l National Discount Company, lira., 121 Nova Scoria Gold and Laud, Lim., Ditto (£1), 11 1 1 Ottoman Financial association, lira., WS Panama, New Zealand, and Australian IL Mai', lira , Lino, new, 2 dis Smith, Knight, aril Co., lira., 4 31 Societe Final,ciere d'Egypte, , Universal Marine, Insurance, 5 1 Sk 1 20 100 i Lock stook 10 100 'took stook stock stock stook stook stook stoci stock stook 411 4 31 4 1751 0 F9l 67i 7 11If i 121 611 108} i I El 9 93 1i 2i 62 104} 1261 1 7 105 11 Business done 101 1001 i 29} 271 100} i ... 99 it THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1864. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This day. BOW-STREET. SERIOUS CHA ROB AGAINST THE BROTHER OF AN ADMIRALTY CLERK.--William Evans was placed at the bar, on remand, charged with obtaining a quantity of goods from Mr Merrifield, by false representations. The prosecutor is a tailor, carrying on business in the Strand. The prisoner a short time ago went into his shop and entered into conversation with the shopman. He said he was a clerk holding a responsible situation in the Ad raPy, Somerset-house, and he wished to have a coat made for him, foe which he would pay in a few days. Mr. Merrifield told him he was an entire stranger, and that he Ras not in the habit of giving credit to persons he did not know. The prisoner then asked the prosecutor whether he doubted his representation about his being engaged, as ho represented, because if he did, he had better accompany him to Somerset House. The shopman went, and the ptisoner entered one of the rooms in the " Tran sport Department,'' and from the manner in which the pri • Boner conducted himself there, he believed all that he had stated was true. The coat was made, and on being taken to the Transport Office the prisoner gave him an I 0 U on the official paper, telling him at the same time to call in a few days and he would pay him the money. Before, how ever, the I 0 U was presented the prisoner obtained a pair of trousers, saying he wou'd pay both together. The prosecutor wanting the money went to the Transport Office, and on presenting the I 0 U, he discovered that ho had been deceived, as the prisoner had personated his brother and signed his name to the paper, he being the person holding the Government situation, On the case being called on, a solicitor on either side was in attendance; but Mr Merrifield informed the magistrate that Mr J. B. Evans, fur whose appearance tha case had been adjourned, was not in attendance. Mr Vaughan—Did you give him notice that he would be required to attend. Mr Merrifield—Yes, on t wo separate occasions I told him he would have to attend. Mr Vaughan—He may yet come, so I will delay pro ceeding for the present. if he does not I shall issue a sum mensfor his attendance. The prisoner was then put back, and the constable went in search of Mr J. B. Evans. Upon his return, The solicitor for the prosecution, addressing the magis trate, said—Sir, the brother of the prisoner, who is a mate rial witness, is not in attendance, and therefore I must ask you for a remand, until Mr Evans is forced to attend by summons, or if necessary by warrant. Mr Vaughan—ls there any other charge against the prisoner ? Police Constable 100 F—Yes, sir, there are several, Mr Vaughan—Are the parties present! Constable—ln two cases, but one of them, an optician, who had sold him two opera glasses, declines to prosecute becalm he is friendly with— _ _ Mr Vaughan—Never mind the reason. The charge is only one of misdemeanour, and if the parties refuse to ap pear, that is enough. What is the other case ? Constable—A bootmaker, who charges him with obtain ing goods from him. Mr Vaughan—Then I will take that case if the witnesses are in attendance. Mr Wontner, who appeared for the prisoner, here asked that the evidence taken on the first occasion should be read, which having been d,ne, Mr Vaughan said—Now, let me hear the other case. The bootmaker, however, ready as he appeared to prose cute before the delay, here shook his head and said he should decline to prosecute. CJnstable—They have been— Mr Vaughan-4f he reclines to prosecute there is an end of it. I ehall now formally remand the prisoner on the first charge. Mr Wontner—l hope your worship will reduce the amount of bail required for the prisoner's appearance. Mr Vaughan—No. I think himself in £2OO, and two sureties of £lOO each, is not at all an unreasonable require ment, The prisoner was then removed from the dock. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. AN OMNIBUS PROPRIETOR AND HIS DRIVER CON VICTED FOR CRUELTY TO HORSES.-Mr John Bacon, of Ledbury-road, Bayswater, proprietor of omnibus 7,517, appeared before Mr Tyrwhitt, to ans wer the complaiat of the Royal Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of having caused and procured to be tortured two horses, by working them in an unfit state ; and Wm. Poultney, a driver in his employ, appeared to his recognisances, charged with ill-treating the horses, by working them in an unfit state. The horses, which were brought to the front of the court on the last occasion fur the magistrate's inspection, were in a shocking state. Rutherford, one of the officers of the Society, saw the defendant Poultney driving the horses, attached to an omnibus, near the Tottenham-court-road, and, observing that they appeared quite exhausted, examined them, and found the off aide horse had a large wound on the near side hock, which was badly swollen. The other horse had one of its hoofs split. Both were in a very low condition. Mr Arthur Cherry, the Government veterinary surgeon, and Mr Jarvis, veterinary surgeon, on the part of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, deposed to the condition of the horses; both gentlemen stating that they w€ re totally unfit for work, and the former remarking that they were the remains of good horses, which would work till they died. The defendant Bacon said ho was told by his veterinary surgeon that they were in a fit state to work, and there fore sent them out. Mr Day, veterinary surgeon, Wellington-Mews, Led bury• road, was called by Mr Bacon, and said he had at tended to Mr Bacon's horses. One of the horses spoken of was in a low condition, but the other was pretty good. One of the horses was nearly thorough bred and very irritable. Mr Tyrwhitt—From its high condition. (Laughter.) The defendant Pouitney said he had never driven a better pair of horses. Mr Tyrwhitt— I happen to have seen these horses myself, and if I had not hoard the evidence of the veterinary surgeons—Messrs. Cherry and Jarvis—l should have no doubt, and there could be no doubt in the mind of any reasonable being, that they were totally unfit for work, and that they were:in a most wretched condition. I believe from my experience more especially in another district, that it is possible to bring forward men calling themselves veterinary surgeons who, from their cupidity and self-interest, will swear the horses are quite capable of working when it is clear that they are totally unfit for work. These horses were in a miserable state, and when the veterinary surgeon called by the defendant Bacon speaks of the irritability of one of the poor creatures there is very little doubt that it arose frcm its sufferings owing to its miserable condition. In this case a man called respectable because he is rich employs a man of a low class to drive his horses. The horses are to be kept alive if possible—because the loss of them would be a little loss to the owner, and while they can stand they are worked. Such persons are wretches. brutes, and I should like to know if the horse is n9t the best of the two. The poor horse being high bred is its wretchedness, as it will work as long as its spirit will allow it. It is a pity the same treatment oannot be in flicted on such men as those before me. What a howl and cry out there would then bo at the treatment. I shall find the driver 20s. or 14 days' imprisonment. Ido not consider him half so bad as the rich and stout man who stands beside him. I shall fine tho owner 403, or a month's imprisonment for each horse, my only doubt being whether I ought not to inflict imprillonment. I hope his stables will be watched, and if he is brought here again he will bo imprisoned for three months. The decision seemed to give great satisfaction to a crowded court. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE—AFFRAY WITH TILE PO LICE.-Mr George Addison, a clerk in Messrs Child's bank, Temple-bar, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with behav ing in a disorderly manner, and he was further charged with Mr Norton I,)ryden Hutchinson, the keeper of a re freshment house at No. 2, Rupert-street, with assaulting police-constable Roffey, 308 A. Mr Ed. Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the defendant Addison. Police-constable George Roffey, 308 A, said that at one o'clock that morning he saw the defendant Addition at the corner of Rupert-street with several other gentlemen. There was a great noise, and Addison said, " Why the hell do you not go on your beat, and not listen to me." I told him I was doing my duty, and he then knocked my hat off with his stick. I was then pushed from behind into the crowd, and some one's cigar fell out of his mouth, and they said was drunk. Another constable cams to my assistance, and three of the gentlemen dragged me into No. 2, Rupert street, and then Hutchinson came from the back and slammed the door to and looked me in. The constable who was outside gat assistance, but before it came Addison struck me three times. I told Hutchinson that Addison was my prisoner. The door was then openod and we were lot out, On getting into the street Addison struck me again. By Mr B. Lewis—There were several gentlemen stand ing together. Addison knocked my hat off with his stick sideways, and it was knocked off a second time from be hind. I will swear it was Addison who did it the first time. Some of the other gentlemen said it was not Addi son who did it. 1 did net make a rush at Addison and nearly knock the cigar he was smoking down his throat. Addison, when I seized him, did not say I was choking him, and that it I did not release my hold he would strike me. I was dragg.d into the house by the collar. Addison struck me three times inside the house. He did not com plain of my striking him. Addison assisted in dragging me into the passage. The other constable who came up did not advise me to let Addison alsone. The other constable had his hat knocked off also. John O'Donnell, 162 C—l went to the assistance of Roffey, and saw him holding Addison by the collar. My hat was then knocked off three or four times, and while I was picking it up Roffey was forced into the house No. 2, Rupert -street. I sprung my rattlo and other constables came, and the dcf3ndants were taken to the station. I saw Addison give Roffey a violent blow in the face as he was oing to the station. Mr Lewis said that he appeared for Mr Addison, who had to complain of the conduct of the police. Mr Addison had been dining with several friends, and they were parting at the corner of Rupert-street, when they were most unneces sarily interfered with by the constable. He (Mr Lewis) would not say that the gentlemen were quite so quiet as they might have been, but still there was no noise calling for the interference of the police. He would not deny that there was some chaffing going on, and that the constable's hat was knocked off, but not by Mr Addison, who took no part in the matter, when the constable rushed at Mr Addi son and seized him by the collar, and thrust his knuckles into his throat, and then Mr Addison said, "It you do not release me—you are choking me—l will strike you," and Mr Addison then did strike the constable, lie considered there had been great exeess on the part of the constable, and ho was only struck by Mr Addison when he was nearl3 throttled—the constable being the aggressor. Mr Lewis then called several gentlemen, who bore out the statement he had made, and all of them denied that Addison knocked off the constable's hat—that the constable had behaved in a very insulting manner, and interfered without any reason. SJlne of them said they board MI Addison complain of being nearly choked. One of the gentlemen said that when he went to the station after tht defendant was locked up, he (witness) was kicked and pushed about in the passage of the station, and his hat knocked off by about half a dozen constables, the constable Roff, y having also kicked him deliberately while on the way to the station. Mr Tyrwhitt said he thought it an unfortunate act on the part of the constable. If decent persons were part ing with Each other at the corner of a street it was too much interfering with the public for the police to interfere with them. The constable had acted with rashness, but he did not impute Lad feeling to the constable. Ile would not say anything harsh against the constable, because ho knew what a difficult duty they had to perform, and what confu sion there generally was in such oases. He should dis charge both defendants. Mr Hutchinson appeared to have done nothing. Mr Hutchinson eaid he had not interfered in the matter at all, only wishing to clear his house. WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL INTRUSION,—John Anderson, a man in porter's clothing, was charged with being drunk and as saulting the police. Police-constable 336 B stated that he was on duty last evening in Cumberland-street, Pimlico, when he was called to remove the defendant, who was conducting himself very offensively at a lady's house. The lady had just arrived in a cab with some baggage on the roof, and when the cab stopped defendant seized a box and insisted upon carrying it into the house: He was told again and again that his services were not required, and requested to put down the box, but ha would not, and carried it into the house. The lady then gave him twopence, although his services had been unsolicited, when he declared he would not leave the house under sixpence for his services. When witness ro. moved him he resisted, and kicked. The defendant was in toxicated at the time. Defendant said ho gave his services, and one of the ladies at the house asked him to °az ry a box up stairs. He denied that he had kicked the constable, and said if one of the ladies was called she could show that he did not. The lady, who had returned with her luggage, and an other who was present, wore both called and examined. They said that defendant had insisted upon forcing his way into the house, that they refused to allow him to carry a box upstairs, and he then conducted himself as described. One of them saw him kick the constable. Mr Arnold said that defendant's conduct had been very reprehensible. He had insolently forced his way into a lady's house. and then demanded money for his services. Considering this misconduct and the penalty for the assault he should fine defendant 20s, and in default commit him for 14 days. THAMES. A DISORDERLY Pirrnt.—Catherine Phillips, a woman ' about 50 years of age, was brought before Mr Paget charged with disorderly conduct in the workhouse of Mile end Old Town. Thcmas Moffatt, Workhouse porter, said the prisoner had been an inmate more than four years. Yesterday she ap plied for a day's leave of absence, which was refused. In the evening she managed to procure the workhouse shawl she was then wearing and a pass, and in his absence she went out. She returned at eleven o'clock at night, after he had given up the keys, and he told her she must go into the receiving ward, She immediately assailed him with a volley of abuse, used foul language, and called him a pig, and other abusive epithets. She clamoured from eleven until twelve o'clock, and he then gave her into custody. The shawl was the property of the guardians of Mile-end. Mr Bowdler (second clerk)—She brought it back with , her. Moffatt—Yes, she did, sir. The prisoner said the porter had antipathy against her ever since she made a charge against him two years ago, and that she went out of the house yesterday to seek a place, and had been ptomisod employment. She talked very loud, but used no bad language. She took the shawl from the stores, and picked up the pass in the workhouse. She knew she had done wrong in going out, but she had been sufficiently punished by being kept out of her bed all night. Moffat said the charge made against him by the prisoner was investigated by Mr Woolrych and dismissed. Mr Paget said it was perfectly intolerable that people who wore supported by the ratepayers should conduct themselves in this way. Th ere we re many hardworking people who had paid rates and taxes not so well kept as the prisoner. He sentenced her to 21 days' imprisonment and hard labour. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The supply of English wheat on sale here to-day was bu moderate. The trade, however, for all qualities was very dull, at fully Monday's decline in the quotations. With foreign wheat the market was well supplied. The amount of business transacted was very moderate, at about previous quotations. Floating cargoes of grain were dull, yet no further change took place in their value. The barley trade ruled heavy, at about previous rates. In good and fine malting qualities, however, rather more business was transacted. The trade for malt was in a sluggish state, at fully the late decline in prices. The supply of oats on sale was large. For all descriptions the demand ruled heavy, at a b ou t Monday's currency. Beans were in slow re quest, at M on day's fall in prices . Peas moved off slowly, at late rates . The flour trade was qu i et, on former terms. ARRIVALS THIS wgEm• Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English .. 910 460 620 420 Irish - Foreign .. 13,120 3,880 42,190 600 acks. BOROUGH HOP. For good and fine hops the trade ruled steady, at full currencies. Inferior hops, however, are dull, at barely late rates. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is but moderato, and the trade rules firm, vs follows ; Beef, from 3s to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d veal, 33 6d to 4 e 6 d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 5 s per B lbs by the carcase. Alleged Manslaughter in Epping-Forest. one Then Meadow s presented his gun hero of the Yesterday, Mr John Humphreys, co roner, hel d an inquiry at the London Hos p ital, res pec tin g the death of Henry Bren kly Jameson, aged thir een :years, who was shot by ano ther boy, named John Mordaun t . IV, J. Jameson , brother of the deceased, said that he resided at No. 12, Geor g e-street, Dalston. Hi s father was a clerk. On Wedn esda y , the 17th inst., he and t he deceased and two other lads w ere out gathering black berries in the forest. At five o'clo ck they set out for ho me , On the way they met two lads n amed John Mordaunt and George M ea dows, who had gun s over their sh oulders. He asked i them the way of th e forest. Some conver sation ensued goe fi, boys, T a h n e d y all walked rap i dly away. They h about shooting birds, and Meadows threw u p a d ead sparrow and fired at it. Som e other shots were fired in the course of or a ri ci fl u e l' a r t terof Holliday, an hoar. then l k eswinging o m on e madehiesarhd p e t e h l c ea d m i ss b c t h im a e r ii g rid eg, s 2 d a hie nidp s tpveheeeyaponn anoth er di rect i on. That d behind the m , and Meadows distance until they cam e to a bush, wher e they stopped to said " Shoot them; pick blackberries. Meadows came up, and "kneeling down like a regiment of rifles preparing to resist cavalry," fired into the bush. The shot, however, was aimed wide of them. Then Meadows fired other shots, Mordaunt looking on, leaning on his rifle. Meadows then said that ho would shoot the witnesses's dog, as it " would be a fine hare." Witness put the dog under his coat, and threatened to prosecute Meadows for cruelty to animals. Mordaunt loaded his gun with a quantity o f s h o t, sa yi ng , "Here's a lot for som e of you.' ' After some other proceed ings of the same k i n d, the deceased said to Mordaunt, "You have no right to shoot hero at all ; th e p o li ce wou ld take you up if they saw you, and you should not go on in this way." Mordaunt presented his piece at him and fired, saying, " I will shoot you." Deceased fell. Mordaunt said when he saw the blood, " Oh, my gracious," and ran away, as did also Meadows. Holliday ran after them, They came back afterwards to give assistance. Coroner—Do you believe that Mordaunt intended to in jure your brother? Witness—Yes, sir. He seemed angry at what my brother said, and he fired at him directly, The deceased was carried to the Rising Sun, and tbo police arrested Mordaunt. After some further evidence, the Coroner said that he would adjourn the case for the Induction of the boy Mor daunt, The court was then adjourned. THE ABOLITION OF THE LONDON TOLL•BARS.— The St. Pancras News states that the recent act has had the effect of throwing an additional tax of 3d in the pound on the inhabitants of that parish, where the maintenance of 71 miles of road has been transferred to the rates. Alarming Fire in the City. Late on Monday night a fire broke out in Threadneedle street, in the immediate neighbourhood of the Stock Ex change, which for a time caused great apprehension and alarm, endangering, as it did, the surrounding property, which is among the most valuable in the whole city of Lon don' as'well as the most interesting in an architectural po int • of view. It originated in a stately building known as the Telegraph Station, fronting the north-eastern part of the Royal Exchange, and in the joint occupation of the Magnetic and the Submarine Telegraph Companies and the Scottish Insurance Company. The edifice is four stories high, the two uppermost of which are used in the operations of the Magne ic Company, and the middle floor from the ground in those A' the Submarine. There is a fine hall on the basement, used icr the general receipt and transmission of messages and common to both companies. The building has an legant portico in Threadneedle-street, and is surmounted by a large handsome clock. Immediately adjoining it on the west is a magnificent structure erected within the last year for the North British and Mercantile Insurance Cora ,any, and which is just being completed, and en the west that again is the bank if Messrs. Prescott. At the back )f the Telegraph Station, and abutting upon it in one part, is the Stock-Exchange, standing midway Lel ween Thread needle and Throgmorton-street, and hedged in by property ,f enormous value, and some of it if histoTio and civic in terest. Oa the top floor of the Telegraph station is a cluster of rooms occupied by the Magnetic Company, and in one of these, a place in which stationery was stored of the value of upwards of £5OO, the fire originated,about a quarter before 11 o'clock. In a room on the same floor about 30 telegraphic,instruments, each of them of great value, were at work, and another, used as a workshop for the making and repairing of instruments, contained much co et'y mate rial. To those two apartments the fire spread rapidly from the stationery depot, and destroyed the whole of the instru ments and materials. Tho workshop of the Magnetic Com pany was immediately over that of the Submarine, and on the floor of it falling in a mass of burning material fell with it and set fire to the workshop below, consuming all that it contained. Thence the fire spread to a room of the Submarine Company on the same floor, where from twenty to thirty instruments or more were at work, nearly all of which were destroyed, and the telegraphic opera tions of the company were in consequence suspended for a time. The whole roof of the building was completely burnt, and at one time the flames poured out of the windows at the bank in a manner to imperil the Stock Exchange. Besides the rooms which have been completely gutted, much damage has been done to the ceilings of others, and espe cially to that of the hall on the basement, by water; but in the result the fire was happily confined to the building in which it originated. Two hand engines and a steam fire engine from the Watling-street station arrived promptly upon the scene after the alarm had been given, and others followed from the stations at Bishopsgate, Farringdon street, Southwark-bridge-road, Wellclose-square, and Whitecross-street. Eventually there were eight engines on the spot, four of which were worked by steam. There were 36 firemen in all engaged on the occasion, and Captain Shaw, the chief of the London Fire Brigade, was present directing the operati , ns. The engines played on the burning building for about an hour and a half or two hours, by which time the fire had been subdued. Accord ing to Isard, a fireman from the Watling-street station, who first arrived with a hand engine, a delay of fully ten minutes occurred from the want of an adequate supply of water in the mains of the New River Company at that particular spot. At one time the pole at the top of the building from which the telegraph wires of both companies radiate in various directions was in a blaze, but it was eventually saved and no harm was done to the wires outside the building. The operations of the Magnetic Company were but slihttly interfered with by the fire, and the company were able to transmit their early morning express messages as usual to the provincial news papers in different parts of the kingdom. S ime interrup tion took place in the business of the Submarins Company, but it was of short: duration, and by noon yesterday the operations of both companies were going on as usual. The Open Spaces near the Metropolis. At the adjourned meeting of vestrymen for the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, held last night in the School roam of the New Tabernacle, 01d-street-road, under the presidency of J. Bayley, Esq., senior churchwarden, the usual business having been disposed of, E. WALKER, Esq., rose to move the following resolution, of which he had given notice at the previous meeting : " That a communication be made to the vestry of Hackney parish, and also to the board of works for that district, asking if they are prepared to co-operate with this vestry in making some effort to get the sanction of Parliament or otherwise to enclose, plant, and maintain the London-fields as a public park and glace of recreation, upon the basis of this parish bearing part of the costs which may have to be borne by the local boards, and whether either or both parties will appoint a committee to meet a committee of this parish upon the subject." lir Walker said he considered it un• necessary to say much in support of the proposition. The value to the public health of such a spot of open land, and the advantages that would accrue if made into a park were unquestionable. There were 40 acres of open land, the freehold rights to which were of a very insignificant charac ter—so insignificant that when put up to public auction no one would make a bid for them. Therefore the cost of pur chasing the freehold rights would be but very trifling—so trifling as not to bo for one moment compared with the general advantages that would accrue from the fields being saved from the builder, and converted into a publie park. The parish of Hackney had had the matter under conside ration for some time, and he hoped that the vestry would treat the matter in a liberal spirit. It migbt be said that those fields were not in the parish of Shoreditch, but he would remind the vestry that they were adjacent to it— (hear) —and hence the benefit of a park would be felt by all residing in the parishes contiguous, (Hear, hear.) The question of Finsbury Park had been mooted for the last 10 years, and at the present time, though a portion of their rates had been subscribed for it, the fact was as far from its aecomplishment as ever. (Hear,) Let them, if they could, so far stretch their imagination as to suppose Finsbury Park completed and open, they would find that it was over four miles from Shoreditch, and hence out of the reach of the poor, for whom it was specially intended. (Hear.) As a mere question of health it was important to secure as many open spots near the parish as possible, that the fresh air generated might be wafted into the close courts and alleys. Mr JACKSON seconded the motion. There could be no doubt as to the public utility cf the proposed step. The builder had already tried to encroach upon that space, which ought to ba at once secured. Messrs Owen, Yarrow, Fell, and Sarson, supported the motion, and considered that the work should be set about immediately. Mr PIEncE thought this the most foolish and outrageous proposition that had ever been submitted for consideration. Let Hackney, which was a much richer parish, do the work itself. Let them pave their own parish, and attend to other local matters, without going out of their way to incur ex pense which would be a more special benefit to an adjoining parish. Mr FREEMAN condemned such short-sighted policy as that recommended by Mr Pierce. It was acknowledged that they had poor people living in their courts and alleys who could not get enough fresh sir, and ho considered that a proposition which would secure an open spot, nearer even than Victoria Park, where they might inhale the fresh air they so much needed. The cost, he thought, would be trifling as compared with the public benefit conferred. Dr BA/ER, M.D., said, in a sanitary point of view, the proposed improvement, if carried out, would be a great public benefit, and tend to diminish fever and plague, and be generally conducive to the health of tfie parish. After some further discussion, the motion was carried by a large majority. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mine pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.321 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 3-IGths per cent. dearer in London than in Paria. By advic; s from Hamburg the price of gold is 423 per mark and the short exchanve on London is 13.4} per £1 stcrlirw. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, nearly 4-iiiths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is quoted 278 to 280 per cent., and the pre mium on gold 157 to 158} per cent. Gold still continues to be imported in very moderate quantities. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Sept. 28.—Wind this clay at noon—North ; moderate breeze and tine weather. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Dee, from Woolwich. Sailed—Henrietta, for Rio Janeiro. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 27.—. Wind W.—Arrived—St Hilda, from London fur Sydney. OFF PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 27.—Arrived—Rinaldo, from London for Calcutta. CLYDE, Sept. 27.—Wind N,—Arrived—Research, from Quebec, KINGSTON, Sept. 27.—Arrived—Colydendo, from New York. DUBLIN, Sept. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Europa, from St. John's, Newfoundland. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ) PLYMOUTH, Wednesday Morning. The paddlewheel steam sloop Gladiator (G), Captain Francis 11. Shoat, from Cape Coast Castle, arrived in the Sound this morning. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH,) GRA:MEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 27—Magdalin Sophia, from Aalborg- Flora, from Tureby—Nelson, from Cronstadt—Loehie front Sydney. Arrived, Sept. 28- Elizabeth and Ann, from Borgt Pilot, from Croistadt. DEAL, 'Wednesday Morning. Passed, Sept. 27—StadzieriEz?e, from Sunderland for Alexandria, Infanticide and Infant Mortality, (From Me Medical Circular.) Into the painful question of the motives which induce many a mother to pervert the finest feelings of female human nature, and to imbrue her hands in the blood of her own offspring, it is net our inten tion to enter, and, like many modern juries who have such cases placed before them, we may pity the culprit while we abhor the crime; and knowing that two parties at least must have been concerned in th 9 steps which indirectly led to the crime in question, we cannot but feel the cruelty of aban doning the criminal of the weaker sex to a fearful doom, while the equally or perhaps more guilty partner of her delinquency is allowed to escape. The prevention of this kind of child murder will hardly be accomplished by the verdicts of juries, however severe, but by the inculcation of a higher tone of morality than that which at present exists, and by the visitation of severer punishments than now fall to the lot of the male delinquent. The causes of infant melt tality, so far as they are connected with faulty plans of nursing and alimen tation, have lately been examined with very great care by a lady, Mrs Baines, who has written some pamphlets upon the subject, characterised by much good sense and good feeling. She attributes many evil consequences to the practice of hiring wet nurses, especially those from the "fallen ;" many to artificial feeding as a substitute for breast-milk; and many to the absence of farinaceous matters in infant food. In the primary truth laid down by this lady, all members of our profession most cheerfully coincide, namely, that much of the mortality among children is due to the neglect on the part of mothers to per form the obvious duty of suckling their children. This neglect is sometimes caused by the obedience rendered by some females rather to the demands of fashion than to the dictates of nature, and often, among the labouring classes, it is due to the nem. eity, either real or supposed, of leaving the children while the mothers are earning their living. Ad mitting, as we ail must do, the existence of the evil, the remedy obviously lies in the province of ladies, who by precept and example may prevail upon their sisters, both of high and low estate, to fulfil their maternal duties, even at the sacrifice of fashion or of the claims of industry. As to fashion, it is easy enough to dispense with the allegiance to suckle a fickle deity; and as to industry, it ie al. leged that the husbands among the working classes are prepared to forego the advantages obtained by the earnings of their wives in return for the greater comfort they would enjoy by the undivided atten tion of the women to their domestic duties. It ia a remarkable fact that, during the Preston strike, there was a marked diminution of the infant mor tality, which is explained by the fact that the women were unable to obtain work at the mills, and were thus obliged to stay at homo with their children, whose lives were thus preserved even at a time of extreme destitution. Into the moral question involved in the employ ment of wet.nurses, whether the latter are married or are selected from the " fallen," we are not pre pared to enter; bat no medical man is ignorant of the fact that many mothers are unable, from physi cal reasons, to suckle their own children, who, therefore, run very great danger of sinking from disease, unless some substitute can be foand for the breast-milk of which they are deprived. Admitting, AS we do, that each mother's milk is best suited to her own child, and that a change in this respect is often highly disadvantageous, and always hazard ous, yet we are not prepared to admit that any otter plan is equal to wet-nursing—care being, of course, taken in the selection of the nurse, both on moral and physical grounds. Nor are we prepared to admit, with the talented and zealous authoress of the pamphlets to which we allude, that when human milk cannot be obtained the milk of the inferior animals is necessarily injurious. Oa the contrary, we believe that the milk of cows and goats, making allowance for the difference in chemical consti tuents, and correcting the composition accordingly, is a very suitable aliment for infants accidentally deprived of breast-milk, and that the addition of farioaceons matter, as recommended very strongly by Mrs. Baines, is of questionable utility. Not that we adopt the ultra-chemical views advanced by some authorities, who would reduce all physiology to the test of the crucible or the weighing scales, and reject the influenc3 of the nervous system, the vital power, and the essential constitution or idio syncrasy of each individual, bat because we believe the opinions we advance are in accordance with ex perinea as well as• theory, and aro in themselves reasonable, practical, and philosophical. General Butler, the Yankee Haynau. A letter from America says—" A little incident that has just occured—a portion of the unpublished history of the war—is of interest, as showing, in itself, that at least the thought of poetic justice is not entirely dead in this country, and, in its sequel, the complete terrorism exercised over tue press. Major. Gen. Butler, the hero of Big Bethel and of New Orleans, whose last honour was the reception from Williams College of the title of LL.D., came to this city last week for the purpose of looking after his interests in the matter of some property bequeathed to him by his brother. This brother was invited to New Orleans by the model Major- General and Doctor of Laws at the time the latter dispensed justice, hung Confederates, and persecuted women in the Crescent City. The unmilitary But ler want to Lonisana a poor, worthless, vagabond; bat he flourished so amazingly under the auspices of the American Haynau that in two years he had amassed a fortune of 2,000,000 dols. He was, by order of Gen. Butler, alone permitted to trade with the people of New Orleans; and what with his legitimate' business within the Federal lines end his contraband trade with the Confederates, the accumulation of the snug sum above mentioned was an easy matter. Well, he came to New York with his ill-gotten wealth, but had scarcely arrived hero when he died ; either a victim to his own excesses or to some still more subtle and fearful agency. It is whispered that the end of this mushroom millionaire was hastened by artificial means; bat it was not stated who is implicated. If any person, it is believed to be some one in pursuit of vengeance, or some one whose worldly interests would be ad vanced by his death, However that may be, whether there was or was not a deep damnation' in his taking off,' he died and left his property to Major-General Butler; and the latter, as before mentioned, visited the metropolis on legal business connected with the bequest. No sooner had the fact of his presence become known than one of his victims, at least the story goes, determined to settle accounts with him. The name of this per son is Mrs. Sarah D. Shore. Some months ago her husband, William W. Shore, an army corre spondent, located at Norfolk, Virginia, was sus pected of having written some communications rather free in their comments upon the military administration of affairs to the World newspaper, of this city; and as a consequsnce the unlucky letter writer, though then in a military department not under General Butler's control, was kidnapped by the latter, and after having been subjected to various indignities, placed in solitary confinement in a dtngeon at Fortress Monroe, where he now lies, without opportunity to communicate with family or friends, and without any present hope of justice or relief. Ematp-rated beyond endurance by the treatment her husband had received, Mrs Shore, who is generally a mild and amiable person, and a woman of remarkable persanal attractions, procured a revolver, and proceeded to the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where her persecutor was stopping. She found him superintending the disposition of his baggage, and openly charged him with having stolen her husband. Butler replied in a contemp tuous and sneering N manner, w hen the unhappy .nr lady levelled the pistol at his head and fired. onj y was inflicted, and this would-be Charlotte iCordayby was prevented from attempting f u rther violence members of Butler's staff standing near. The mat ter s to p ub sh t was h.uspteids added dantdh that t h w o newspapershenA rs dare not ly Sore's was related to the gue sts of the hotel who witnessed the rencontre, grea t indignation was expressed ~ against Butler, and threats it prudentreatsof lynching to remove him freely made, so that he d e his precious person for a tittle from mortal ken. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 o'CLocic. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, NEWMARKET RACES—TEus DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH>) ST. LEGER STAKES. Auricula - Itigolboche, . Mahocaotan TWO YEAH, OLD HANDICAP. Jack o'Lantern Juneatun ** • Gorani Eight ran. and heat fur secoad place. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Columbize Zvelina Five ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Ethel Lau Irani 2 Bessy .. ..... Six ran. SIXTEENTH TRIENNIAL. E 1 y .. .................... 1 lomato Sir Roger CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 2000 to 25 agst Carisbrook (taken) 2000 to 25 agst Tomato (taken) THE DERBY. 30 to 1 agst Archimedes (taken) 33 to 1 agst Oppressor (taken freely) ADDITIONAL SCRATCHINGS. - St. Leger Stakes MOB - Harkforward, and Alliance. Handicap for 2-yr-olds : Spice, Kathleen, and Cripplegate. Handicap, run 3.0: Merry Maid and Sheridan, Sixteenth Triennial Stakes : Menace, Mirage, Peon, Baragah, Gondola, Olivia, Figaro, Clairvoyante, Edmonston, Rigolboche, Ellerly, Alcyone, Reviver, and Bandarilla. Granby Stakes : Sally go Fastly and Cacula. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. HEREFORD RACES—Tms DAY. CORPORATION PLATE. Gipsy Girl Orphcne Lady di Vergy Four ran. HEREFORDSHIRE STAKES. Norma FirshQrman'a Daughter 2 Bedouin NURSERY HANDICAP. Love Lettor Vigilant .... Protectionist AMER ICA. (REUTERS T ELEG RAMS.) NEW YORK, SEPT. 19. Sheridan attacked Early yesterday morning. A furious battle ensued, lasting throughout the day, resulting in a defeat of Early and his retreat up the Shenandoah Valley, with a loss of 2,500 prisoners, five cannon, and 5,000 killed and wounded, among whom are Generals Gordon and Shalder. The Federal loss is heavy. General Russell is killed. Sheridan occupied Winchester. ARRIVAL OF THE GERMANIA. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 28. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Germania, from New York on the 17th inst., arrived tff the Needles at 9.20 a.m. today. Drury-lane Theatre, On Saturday evening Messrs. Falconer and Chatterton commenced their season with great ccLt. During the re cess the interior of the theatre has been re-embellished, and many improvements have been made in the float of the house, all of which greatly add to the comfort of the patrons of Old Drury. The joint lessees have engaged a company of unrivalled excellence, embracing the names of Mr Cres wick, Mr H. Marston, Mr Walter Lacy, Miss Helen Faucit (Mrs Theodore Martin), and Mrs Hermann Vtzin, the whole being placed under the direction of Mr Phelps, whose serN ices have been secured for the entire season. The great success of Shakspere's play of " Henry IV." last season, rendered a novelty for tho commencement of the present campaign unnecessary, thus we had a repetition of that play in the opening night, with almost the same cast of characters. The most important alteration was the assump tion of the character of Hotspur by Mr Creswick, in place of Mr Walter Montgomery, and without at all deprecating the abilities of Mr Montgomery, we must candidly admit that his successor proved the best suited to the part. It is so long since we have . had the p'easure of witnessing Mr Creswick in a part really worthy of his abilities as a genuine actor that it was with real gratification we found his name on the bills on the opening night, and without entering into an elaborate and detailed criticism of his rendering of the fiery Hotspur, we may sum up our praise of the part by briefly saying it was a fine performance. and one which gave general satisfaction. On Mr Phelps's Sir John Falstaff we have already pronounced a very high opinion, and therefore we need only on the present occasion remark that it was marked by all those evidences of deep study which invariably accompany all the characters repre sented by this great artist. The scene in the tavern at Eastcheap was given with more than usual point and _ex. eellenco ; the audience seemed thoroughly to enter into the spirit of the play, and the applause at its termination was general and enthusiastic. Mr W. Lacy re-appeared as Prince Henry, and met with a very warm reception, while that general favourite, Mr Henry Marston, received the same mark of favour on his appearance as the King. Tho part of the Daughter of Glendower was sustained by Miss Arabella Smyth; and although she had the dis• agreeable task of singing a Welsh song after pretty little Miss Wynn, she acquitted herself in a manner which was highly satisfactory to the audience. " The Battle of Shrewsbury' was given with all its pristine splendour, and the curtain descended amidst the most enthusiastic ap plause. The play was preceded by the capital farce, "An April Fool," in which Mr G. Helmer° created the uf most merriment, and followed by another entitled " Beauty and the Beast," which introduced the other members of the company. The house was filled in every part, and Messrs Falconer and Chatterton have every reason to be sati,fied with the successful inauguration of their winter season. The first revival of the season will take place next Sa turday evening, when the second part of " Henry the Fourth" will be performed. ACCIDENT TO AN EXPRESS TRAIN.—Au accident, happily unattended with fatal consequences, but which created great alarm among the passengers, occurred yesterday at an early hour to the down morning express boat train on the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. This train left Victoria and Blackfriara Stations at 7 30 a.m , and having amalgamated at Herne Hill, proceeded on its journey for Dover. Atter passing through Sydonham Hill tunnel, the train ran by Penge Station, and was travelling over the slight embankment about a quarter of a mile be. yond this spot, when, from some hitherto unexplained cause, the engine left the rails, and, after running for 200 yards over the sleepers and permanent way, fell upon its side down the embankment, dragging with it a second class carriage, in which were three or four passengers, in cludingone of the company's workmen—a gas-fitter—whose leg was broken. The passengers in the first-class carriages, of whom there were about 30, escaped injury—these car riages not having left the line—except one, an Engineer officer stationed at Chatham, whose skin was grazed. The driver and stoker of the engine heroically stuck to their poste, and were both slightly hurt ; but the guard was able to proceed to Dover with most of the passengers in a special train which was sent down from Victoria immediately upon telegraphic notice of the accident reaching London. PARISIAN STREETS AND TIIEIR NOMENCLATURE. —The Moniteur contains a list of 193 streets in Paris the names of which are to be changed. When Madame Goethe and Madame de Stt el were, with some ceremony and much expectation, brought together, "Je suis la mere de Goethe," was the solemn self-introduction of the German mother, bale% ing th at there existed not among women a more magnificent title or a nobler claim to honour. "Ah j'en suis charreee," was all that the brilliant Frenchwoman could find to say on the impressive occasion. THE CONSULSHIP OF SCIENCE for 1865 has been given to Professor Phillips, of Oxford. The British Asso ciation will meet next year at Birmingham, when Sir Chat". Lyell will surrender his prcsidincy to Mr. Phillips. ALEXANDER DUMAS' NEW FICTION.—The first four volumes of San Felice," a new novel by Alexandre Dumas, have appeared at the house of Michel Levy, Ft eres. CHARLEMAGNE'S LANCE.—The Emperor of the French has recently had presented to him a lance, said to be taken from the tomb of Charlemagne. It is further stated that this relic is undeniably authentic, and of grog historic value, Shan 5 7 81j#